Best cover song done acoustically.

[Glassunion]

Requirements: song must have been originally an electric song. Original song must have kicked ass.

My vote.
Rodrigo y Gabriela / Metallica's Orion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MP1cO948Ek&feature=youtube_gdata

Words cannot express the awesome!

[abq e streeter]

1. Jose Feliciano-Light my Fire

I'm a huge Doors fan and was from the start as a teenager, and I didn't appreciate how good this was initially, but this version ,I eventually realized, is exceptional.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00cEQHhbiVI

[AngryAmish]

2. Rebel Rebel by Seu Jorge (aka Knockout Ned)

[Glassunion]

3. Sweet. A new one for my list.

[Fleshdancer]

4. not the best, but I like it:

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance - live cover - Lissie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWe07krS8_E

[marzipanni]

5. Fields of Gold

Eva Cassidy~ Fields of Gold (I suggest that you click off the little red caption button the first time you listen, because reading while listening is distracting)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BtJbOPjPfQ&feature=related

original by Sting~ not a very amped up song, but more 'produced' than Eva's cover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTteN26SeTI

[Glassunion]

6. Beautiful

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Gotta give a little love to

Kurt Cobain/ Nirvana for The Man Who Sold the World.

Amplified acoustic, but acoustic nonetheless.

[Glassunion]

8. Oh man I forgot that one.

Should be mandatory in school.

[MiddleFingerMom]

9. Michael Hedges -- All Along the Watchtower.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqGHE5GqZ44
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(on edit) I know Dylan's was acoustic, but I was introduced to it (and
still remember it best and most fondly -- before THIS version came out)
as an electric fireball from Hendrix.
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[Glassunion]

10. Nothing wrong with a cover of a cover. In fact Dylan likes Jimmy's version better.

How this one? This would be 2 on my list. Jimmy wrote it, Stevie rewrote it, and Monte rewrote the rewrite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-ztuvMsy-c&feature=youtube_gdata

This is just insane.

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. AMAZING!!!!

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Reminded me of this married couple -- been too long since I listened to them.
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HE... is proof that hobbits walk amongst us... and they's magic in they fingers.
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SHE... has a voice that epitomizes warmth and richness.
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Tuck & Patti Little Wing/Castles Made of Sand
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M56QwDjE6PQ
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By the way, my new favorite "All Along the Watchtower" is The Dave Matthews Band --
in particular their version from Folsom Field. It's absolutely EVERYTHING that an
encore finisher should be:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypaH1Gj6VIs
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I can listen to this half-a-dozen or more times in a row and not tire of it.
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[Glassunion]

20. When I was in a band

We would do a couple of covers throught the evening. We always did Watchtower a la DMB. His version is just so... Perfect.

[MiddleFingerMom]

21. Our band did three covers...

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...John Hiatt's "Thing Called Love", Suzanne Vega's "Neighborhood Girls",
and one other I can't remember.
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After we split up, our drummer told me that he had always wanted me to
sing Zappa's "Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?"
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I was kinda actually pissed at him that he didn't suggest that BEFORE we
split up.
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We WERE kinda eclectic -- we used to ask our audiences if THEY could figure
out what our "style" or genre was.
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We just knew that we loved what we did -- and the audiences seemed to match
that feeling.
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Some nights, we would pass out percussion instruments to the crowd (maracas,
claves, fish, tambourines, etc.)... and not dimestore versions, either --
professional instruments.
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We NEVER had anybody walk off with one. At the end of the night, we ALWAYS
got them back.
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We had very cool crowds.
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[Glassunion]

22. Sweet...

My favorite to cover was a Rage Against the Machine song. Take the Power Back... We did it on acoustic guitars.

[donheld]

12. !!!!!!1!!!!!!

God I love That song

[Glassunion]

14. I was listening to my XM radio to the jam band station.

That's where I heard them first.

4.38 seconds later I bought both of their albums off iTunes. Both albums are insane. They also do a sick ass cover of Stairway.

[BurtWorm]

13. The Yip Song, Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians (original)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmM0aVj6c1g&feature=related

Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip

This old man, he was flesh -- they wheeled him in upon a trolley
Vera Lynn, Vera Lynn
Draw a window on his skin now
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin

This old man, he was next -- blindfolded to face the volley
Vera Lynn, Vera Lynn
"Love will come of all our sins"
Painted on my tail fin now Vera Lynn
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin

This old man persevered -- in his mind he lay with Molly
Vera Lynn, Vera Lynn
Cleanse us with your healing grin
Septicemia always wins, now
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin

Coma high, coma low
Blood is precious, yes or no?
I believe in surgery -- and that's a fact
I believe in making it easy
I believe in surgery, but I never act
I believe in making it easy

Easy Easy Easy
Easy Easy Easy

Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip

This old man, he was gone -- he was gone and I was sorry
Vera Lynn, Vera Lynn
Down I spiral, down I spin
Forces sweetheart, I'm your twin now
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin
Vera Lynn nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin nin

Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip
Yip!


There used to be video from Storefront Hitchcock on YouTube of his acoustic version which is possibly even better than the original. It's just RH and guitar and it's a brilliant performance. You'll just have to take me word for it, alas. Or see the whole movie.

[The Midway Rebel]

15. Won't Get Fooled Again -- the Ooo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5yymadwxj8

Pete could do a lot with a D chord.

[Lilith Velkor]

16. That's an easy one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmVAWKfJ4Go

[Glassunion]

17. Damn. *snif* It must be dusty in here. *snif* I must have something in my eye.

That one gets me every time. Notonly did he remake it. He redefined the meaning of it. It's different when you hear that song through a set of eyes that have 10 million miles behind them. The original and his version are two completely different songs.

[Lilith Velkor]

18. Yeah, he totally owned that song

That R y G song is made of awesome, btw.

[Richardo]

19. All the Bowie covers on the soundtrack of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zizzou

:thumbsup:

[KamaAina]

23. Layla - Eric Clapton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj8xjLQ9ofI

remember, the original was by Derek and the Dominos, not Clapton solo, so it's a cover. :-)

[SeattleGirl]

31. That would be my choice too.

I love both of Clapton's versions of the song, but there's just something about the acoustic one that makes it the best.

[rucky]

24. Dynamite Hack doing NWA's Boyz in the Hood:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMlPVpXtkJY

[catzies]

27. YES! I LOVE THAT! Thank you KROQ (only place I've ever heard it)

"Homey scored a key, he's gonna fly, punkass fly....."

So. Much. Win.

[rucky]

28. Yep. KROQ's where I heard it.

[DFW]

25. Eight Miles High

Kottke's cover of the Byrds song

[ornotna]

26. Carlos Vamos - Little Wing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwm-vxGgFf4

[carlyhippy]

29. Signs-Tesla!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGWUZQ5xCyw

[Glassunion]

30. Saw them live. His voice is amazing. They did a laid back acoustic set.

He did an a cappella version of Love Song. I nearly wept.

[Radical Activist]

32. Most of the Nirvana unplugged album.